(ANSA) - MILAN, 09 MAY - Campiello turns 60 "well worn" jokes the new president of the award management committee, Mariacristina Gribaudi, and celebrates them by looking to the future and launching, for the next edition, an all 'green' award together to Venice GardensFoundation, to be paid to works with nature at the center.
"After years of pandemic and with the winds of war, we feel the need - emphasizes Gribaudi - to put man, beauty and sustainability at the center".
This same instance is the idea behind the foundation of the narrative award promoted by the Fondazione-Il Campiello -Confindustria Veneto, as explained by the president of the literature jury, Walter Veltroni: "when words are censored or prevented, it is the beginning of the end,
On the occasion, the recognition for the first work will also be awarded.
Once the five members have been selected, a popular jury of 300 readers will then decide the winner of the prize, with an indirect counting on 3 September.
In this sixtieth edition over 350 books have been received, from which the jury has selected 84 (ANSA).